UNLABELLED In children with cochlear implant (CI), the recording of the electrically evoked compound action potential (ECAP) of the auditory nerve represents an option to assess changes in auditory nerve responses and the interaction between the electrode bundle and the neural tissue over time. AIM To study ECAP in children during the first year of CI use. MATERIALS AND METHODS The ECAP cha...

Emergency department visits represent a significant portion of medical care. Emergency physicians require immediate access to clinical information in order to provide quality care. Increased medical errors result when access to the complete medical record is limited. Clinicians' access to clinical information is limited to the greatest extent when care occurs over short time intervals, and betw...

In children with cochlear implant (CI), the recording of the electrically evoked compound action potential (ECAP) of the auditory nerve represents an option to assess changes in auditory nerve responses and the interaction between the electrode bundle and the neural tissue over time. Aim: To study ECAP in children during the first year of CI use. Materials and methods: The ECAP characteristics ...

Introduction It is generally agreed that access to timely medical care is a key to providing quality service. Many practitioners and organizations, including Kaiser Permanente (KP), struggle to achieve this. Psychiatric care is no exception. Employers who provide insurance for their employees have emphasized initial access and much energy is aimed at getting that first appointment for the prosp...

BACKGROUND Recurrent chest pain is common in patients with and without coronary artery disease. The prevalence and burden of these symptoms on healthcare is unknown. OBJECTIVES To compare chest pain return visits (recidivism) in patients with unexplained chest pain (UCP) against reference group of patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) and estimate the annual cost of recurrent chest pain...

The current School Health and Safety Act in Japan states that children with influenza infection should stay home until day 6(th) after symptoms onset. This was an amendment of a previous version recommending school return on day 3 after defervescence. Here, we investigated the duration of fever and virus shedding after laninamivir treatment in 7 children infected with influenza A(H3N2) virus an...